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P L AE1 S T IH0 K
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Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: malleable, flexible, pliant, ductile, fictile, formable, moldable, plastic, sequacious, shapeable
Antonyms: elastic
Producing tissue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Creative, formative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Made of plastic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Inferior or not the real thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ersatz
Antonyms: none provided
Fake, insincere, especially in a shallow and conformist way pretending to smoothness and glossy flawlessness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fake, insincere
Antonyms: genuine, sincere
Escaped from captivity, rather than wild.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: biology, birdwatching, natural-sciences, ornithology
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Introduced, rather than native or naturally vagrant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: biology, birdwatching, natural-sciences, ornithology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, countable, metonymically, uncountable
Examples
I knew the war between cash and credit cards was over and plastic had won, hands down, when even Mickey D's started taking credit and debit cards.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Insincerity; fakeness; a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An instance of plastic surgery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A sculptor, moulder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any solid but malleable substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Synonym of Plastic Paddy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
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Synonyms: Plastic Paddy
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 18
forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a formative influence a formative experience
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: formative, shaping
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 19
capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
plastic substances such as wax or clay
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fictile, moldable
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 20
capable of being influenced or formed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the plastic minds of children a pliant nature
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pliant
Antonyms: none provided
a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: credit card, charge card, charge plate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: positive identification, open-end credit, revolving credit, charge account credit
Narrower terms: bank card, calling card, phone card, cash card, cashcard
generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: solid
Narrower terms: acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, ABS, Mylar, thermoplastic, thermoplastic resin, thermosetting compositions, thermosetting resin, Bakelite, Teflon, polytetrafluoroethylene, Vinylite, resinoid, amino plastic, aminoplast, amino resin, cellulosic, coumarone-indene resin, coumarone resin, fluorocarbon plastic, phenolic plastic, phenolic urea, polyester, polypropylene, polypropene, polyvinyl-formaldehyde, silicone resin, vinyl
From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”). Doublet of plastique.
Across languages
Translations 239 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian :
պլաստիկ
(plastik)
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Basque :
plastiko
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Bulgarian :
пласти́чен
(plastíčen)
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Catalan :
plàstic
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Czech :
tvárný
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Czech :
plastický
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Dutch :
plastisch
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Finnish :
muovailtava
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Finnish :
plastinen
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
German :
plastisch
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Ancient Greek :
πλαστικός
(plastikós)
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Irish :
plaisteach
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Italian :
plastico
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Norwegian Bokmål :
plastikk
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Polish :
plastyczny
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Portuguese :
plástico
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Russian :
пласти́чный
(plastíčnyj)
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Spanish :
maleable
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Spanish :
plástico
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Swedish :
plastisk
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Swedish :
formbar
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Tamil :
நெகிழி
(nekiḻi)
— capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant
Finnish :
luova
— creative, formative
Bulgarian :
приспособяващ се
(prisposobjavašt se)
— biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions
Catalan :
plàstic
— biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions
Finnish :
plastinen
— biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions
Finnish :
mukautuva
— biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions
Finnish :
muuntautumiskykyinen
— biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions
German :
plastisch
— biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions
Italian :
malleabile
— biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions
Russian :
ги́бкий
(gíbkij)
— biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions
Spanish :
maleable
— biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions
Bulgarian :
пластичен
(plastičen)
— of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material
Finnish :
plastinen
— of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material
Arabic :
بْلَاسْتِيكِيّ
(blastīkiyy)
— made of plastic
Armenian :
պլաստմասսայե
(plastmassaye)
— made of plastic
Belarusian :
пластма́савы
(plastmásavy)
— made of plastic
Belarusian :
пла́стыкавы
(plástykavy)
— made of plastic
Bengali :
প্লাস্টিক
(plasṭik)
— made of plastic
Bulgarian :
пластма́сов
(plastmásov)
— made of plastic
Catalan :
plàstic
— made of plastic
Chinese Mandarin :
塑料
(sùliào)
— made of plastic
Czech :
plastový
— made of plastic
Czech :
umělohmotný
— made of plastic
Czech :
plastický
— made of plastic
Dutch :
plastic
— made of plastic
Dutch :
plastieken
— made of plastic
Dutch :
kunststof-
— made of plastic
Esperanto :
plasta
— made of plastic
Finnish :
muovinen
— made of plastic
Finnish :
muovi-
— made of plastic
French :
plastique
— made of plastic
West-Frisian :
plestik
— made of plastic
German :
Plastik-
— made of plastic
German :
Kunststoff-
— made of plastic
Italian :
plastico
— made of plastic
Latin :
plastica
— made of plastic
Marshallese :
būļajtiik
— made of plastic
Mongolian :
хуванцар
(xuvancar)
— made of plastic
Polish :
plastikowy
— made of plastic
Russian :
пластма́ссовый
(plastmássovyj)
— made of plastic
Russian :
пла́стиковый
(plástikovyj)
— made of plastic
Spanish :
plástico
— made of plastic
Spanish :
de plástico
— made of plastic
Swedish :
plast-
— made of plastic
Thai :
พลาสติก
(pláas-dtìk)
— made of plastic
Ukrainian :
пластма́совий
(plastmásovyj)
— made of plastic
Ukrainian :
пла́стиковий
(plástykovyj)
— made of plastic
Welsh :
plastig
— made of plastic
Yiddish :
פּלאַסטיש
(plastish)
— made of plastic
Finnish :
muovinen
— inferior or not the real thing
Finnish :
muovi-
— inferior or not the real thing
Finnish :
keinotekoinen
— inferior or not the real thing
Finnish :
keino-
— inferior or not the real thing
Finnish :
falski
— slang, of a person: fake, snobbish
Tagalog :
plastik
— slang, of a person: fake, snobbish
Albanian :
plastik
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Arabic :
بْلَاسْتِيك
(blastīk)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Arabic :
بلاستيك
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Arabic :
بلاستك
(belástek, balástek)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Arabic :
پلاستيك
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Arabic :
پلاستك
(plástek)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Arabic :
بلاستيك
(blāstīk, plāstīk)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Arabic :
پلاستيك
(plāstīk)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Arabic :
ميكا
(mīka)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Armenian :
պլաստմասսա
(plastmassa)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Armenian :
պլաստիկ
(plastik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Azerbaijani :
plastmas
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Azerbaijani :
plastik
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Banjarese :
panyu
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Basque :
plastiko
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Belarusian :
пластма́са
(plastmása)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Belarusian :
пла́стык
(plástyk)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Bengali :
প্লাস্টিক
(plasṭik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Bulgarian :
пластма́са
(plastmása)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Burmese :
ကော်
(kau)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Burmese :
ပလပ်စတစ်
(pa.lapca.tac)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Burmese :
ပလတ်စတစ်
(pa.latca.tac)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Catalan :
plàstic
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Cherokee :
ꮝꮣꭺꭲ
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Chinese Cantonese :
塑膠 /塑胶
(sou3 gaau1, sok3 gaau1)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Chinese Cantonese :
膠 /胶
(gaau1)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Chinese Mandarin :
塑料
(sùliào)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Chinese Mandarin :
塑膠 /塑胶
(sùjiāo)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Czech :
umělá hmota
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Czech :
plast
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Danish :
plast
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Dutch :
plastic
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Dutch :
plastiek
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Dutch :
kunststof
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Esperanto :
plasto
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Estonian :
plast
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Estonian :
plastmass
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Faroese :
plast
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Faroese :
plastik
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Finnish :
muovi
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
French :
plastique
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
West-Frisian :
plestik
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Galician :
plástico
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Georgian :
პლასტმასა
(ṗlasṭmasa)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Georgian :
პლასტიკი
(ṗlasṭiḳi)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Georgian :
პლასტმასი
(ṗlasṭmasi)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
German :
Kunststoff
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
German :
Plastik
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
German :
Plast
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
German :
Plaste
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Greek :
πλαστικό
(plastikó)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Gujarati :
કચકડું
(kacakḍũ)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Haitian Creole :
plastik
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Hebrew :
פְּלָסְטִיק
(plástik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Hindi :
प्लास्टिक
(plāsṭik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Hungarian :
műanyag
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Icelandic :
plast
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Ido :
plastiko
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Irish :
plaisteach
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Italian :
plastica
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Japanese :
プラスチック
(purasuchikku)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Japanese :
プラ
(pura)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Kazakh :
пластмасса
(plastmassa)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Kazakh :
пластик
(plastik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Khmer :
ប្លាស្ទិក
(plaastɨk)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Korean :
플라스틱
(peullaseutik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Northern Kurdish :
plastîk
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Kyrgyz :
пластмасса
(plastmassa)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Kyrgyz :
пластик
(plastik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Lao :
ສະຕິກ
(sa tik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Lao :
ປະລາສະຕິກ
(pa lā sa tik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Latin :
plastica
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Latvian :
plastmasa
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Lithuanian :
plastikas
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Macedonian :
пластика
(plastika)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Malay :
plastik
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Malayalam :
പ്ലാസ്റ്റിക്
(plāsṟṟikŭ)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Māori :
parateke
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Māori :
kirihou
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Māori :
parahitiki
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Marathi :
प्लास्टिक
(plāsṭik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Marshallese :
būļajtiik
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Mongolian :
хуванцар
(xuvancar)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Mongolian :
пластик
(plastik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Mongolian :
ᠬᠤᠪᠠᠨᠴᠠᠷ
(qubančar)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Mongolian :
ᠰᠦᠯᠢᠶᠣᠤ
(süliyou)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Navajo :
tó doo bináká nílíní
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Nepali :
प्लास्टिक
(plāsṭik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Norwegian Bokmål :
plast
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Pashto :
پلاستيک
(plāstik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Iranian Persian :
پِلاسْتیک
(pelâstik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Plautdietsch :
Plastik
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Polish :
plastik
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Polish :
tworzywo sztuczne
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Polish :
masa plastyczna
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Polish :
plastyk
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Portuguese :
plástico
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Romanian :
plastic
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Russian :
пластма́сса
(plastmássa)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Russian :
пла́стик
(plástik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Serbo-Croatian :
пластика
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Serbo-Croatian :
plastika
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Slovak :
plast
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Slovak :
umelá hmota
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Slovene :
plastika
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Somali :
bac
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Lower Sorbian :
plasta
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Spanish :
plástico
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Swahili :
plastiki
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Swedish :
plast
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Tagalog :
plastik
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Tagalog :
makalaw
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Tagalog :
plastiko
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Tajik :
пластмасса
(plastmassa)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Tajik :
моддаи пластикӣ
(modda-yi plastiki)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Tajik :
моддаи пластик
(modda-yi plastik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Tajik :
пластик
(plastik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Tamil :
நெகிழி
(nekiḻi)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Tamil :
பிளாஸ்டிக்
(piḷāsṭik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Thai :
พลาสติก
(pláas-dtìk)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Tokelauan :
palahitika
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Turkish :
plastik
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Turkmen :
plastmassa
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Turkmen :
plastik
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Ukrainian :
пластма́са
(plastmása)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Ukrainian :
пла́стик
(plástyk)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Urdu :
پِلاسْٹِک
(pilāsṭik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Uyghur :
سۇلياۋ
(sulyaw)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Uyghur :
پىلاستىماسسا
(pilastimassa)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Uzbek :
plastmassa
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Uzbek :
plastik
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Vietnamese :
nhựa
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Vietnamese :
chất dẻo
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Walloon :
plastike
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Welsh :
plastig
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Yiddish :
פּלאַסטיק
(plastik)
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Zhuang :
suliu
— synthetic thermoplastic polymer
Czech :
umělá hmota
— any similar synthetic material
Czech :
plast
— any similar synthetic material
Dutch :
plastic
— any similar synthetic material
Dutch :
kunststof
— any similar synthetic material
Finnish :
muovi
— any similar synthetic material
Galician :
plástico
— any similar synthetic material
German :
Plastik
— any similar synthetic material
Hungarian :
műanyag
— any similar synthetic material
Irish :
plaisteach
— any similar synthetic material
Marshallese :
būļajtiik
— any similar synthetic material
Portuguese :
plástico
— any similar synthetic material
Serbo-Croatian :
пла̀стика
— any similar synthetic material
Serbo-Croatian :
plàstika
— any similar synthetic material
Lower Sorbian :
plasta
— any similar synthetic material
Spanish :
plástico
— any similar synthetic material
Tagalog :
plastik
— any similar synthetic material
Thai :
พลาสติก
(pláas-dtìk)
— any similar synthetic material
Turkish :
plastik
— any similar synthetic material
Bulgarian :
ба́нкова ка́рта
(bánkova kárta)
— colloquial: credit cards or debit cards
Dutch :
pinpas
— colloquial: credit cards or debit cards
Finnish :
muoviraha
— colloquial: credit cards or debit cards
Finnish :
muovi
— colloquial: credit cards or debit cards
German :
Plastikgeld
— colloquial: credit cards or debit cards
Icelandic :
plast
— colloquial: credit cards or debit cards
Irish :
plaisteach
— colloquial: credit cards or debit cards
Russian :
ба́нковская ка́рта
(bánkovskaja kárta)
— colloquial: credit cards or debit cards
